1 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

It was a successful afternoon all-round for France on Sunday. The team     1     (book) its ticket to the quarterfinals of the 2022 World Cup with    2    3-1 victory over Poland. And members of the team hit a number of historic marks.

France’s goalkeeper Hugo Lloris made his 142nd appearance,    3    (come) level(平齐的) with Lilian Thuram as his country’s most-capped player. Up front, Olivier Giroud became France’s     4    (lead) men’s scorer with his 52nd goal for Les Bleus, breaking Thierry Henry’s record.

    5     , the star of the show on Sunday was Kylian Mbappé,    6     continued his record-setting pace with a forceful double. At just 23 years of age, Mbappé is one of the most exciting talents in world football, and     7     (consistent) delivers on the biggest stage for France.

Having helped secure the nation’s second World Cup title in 2018 as a 19-year-old, he is continuing his     8    (dominate) four years later. His double in the match    9    Poland means he has scored five goals at this year’s tournament(锦标赛), as he leads the race for the Golden Boot award, two goals ahead of Lionel Messi, Giroud and a host of other players.

However, more significantly, Mbappé has scored nine goals in World Cups, becoming the first player     10    (reach) that mark before his 24th birthday. Mbappé passed two footballing legends with his double. Both Diego Maradona and Cristiano Ronaldo have eight World Cup goals to their names.

3 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

At the just-concluded Tokyo Olympic Games, the     1     (young) athlete of the Chinese sports delegation, Quan Hongchan won the gold medal in the women’s 10m platform     2     the Tokyo Olympics on Thursday,     3     performance shocked the whole world     4     (great).     5     (bear) on March 28, 2007, from Zhanjiang, Guangdong Province, Quan Hongchan is     6     Chinese diver of the Chinese     7     (nation) diving team. In July 2021, Quan     8     (select) into the list of 10 people     9     (participate) in diving events of the Tokyo Olympic Games. On August 5, 2021, Quan Hongchan took the lead all the way in the women’s single 10m platform final of diving. She jumped out of full marks in the second, fourth and last     10     (round), and finally won the championship with 466.20 points. This achievement also broke the previous record of Chen Ruolin, who is the former world champion.

4 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Closer to Equality

Left. Right. Left. Right again.

Getting lost in the rhythm of my turns was one of my favorite parts of skiing. Whenever I feel the soft, powdery snow beneath my skis, I feel like I’m capable of     1    .

I started skiing when I was just three years old. While the other children in my group     2     (mess) around, I was busy rolling down the small slopes. Although there were many difficulties, I soon mastered the basic concepts     3     (underlie) the art of turning.

I decided to take my skiing     4     the next level and joined a team when I was seven. Riding the chairlift with my mother, I saw free skiers spinning through the air. I immediately knew which team I wanted to join: free skiing, an event heavily     5     (dominate) by boys.

As soon as I joined the team, I was placed at its       6     (low) level. However, I never stopped climbing the rankings     7     I was placed into the highest group. At that point, I was the only girl on my team. I was put down at first; nobody wanted to ride the chairlift with me. But as time passed, I slowly became more accepted. And this entire process took three years.

In the past, having been forced to assume the roles of stay-at-home and motherly figures, women couldn’t imagine       8     they wanted to be. Even today, in some countries, there are still so many cases     9     people are not yet accepting the idea that women can make their own choices or pave their own paths. But if we are to fully accept these views, we will be able to move closer to equality.

Being a girl in such a sport can be difficult, but I’m actually thankful that my experiences have taught me to face whatever setbacks I meet with in life. I encourage you, all the girls,     10     (step) out of your comfort zone to show the boys that girls are just as powerful as they are.

5 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

After a final jump with the highest degree of difficulty for female athletes at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, Xu Mengtao won     1    gold medal in freestyle skiing women’s aerials (空中技巧). The 32-year-old waited a long time     2    this moment.

First     3    (practice) the sport at the age of 12, Xu fell in love with the feeling of skiing on snow. She said that her deep love for the sport is her first     4    (motivate). Winning an Olympic gold medal was her dream.

But it wasn’t easy to make     5    . Finishing sixth in her first Olympics at Vancouver 2010, Xu managed to take home silver at Sochi 2014. Xu aimed to win the Olympic gold at Pyeongchang 2018, but she finished ninth.

She was not sure     6    she could maintain her     7    (compete) state, but she always felt motivated with support from many people. With perseverance, Xu achieved her dream in 2022. Speaking of the reasons behind this, she said it is not only thanks to her hard work but more     8    (important), the era. Chinese winter sports now enjoy fantastic developments. “This great age       9    (enable) the young generation to achieve our dream and inspires them     10    (build) together a better future for Chinese sports,” said Xu.

6 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内的单词的正确形式。

In summer 2021 Su Bingtian    1     (establish) a new Asian record at 9.83 seconds in the men’s 100-meter dash during the Tokyo Olympics semifinals, making him the first Chinese athlete    2     (qualify) for the event’s final. Following his achievement, some people in China described Su as YYDS, acronym(首字母缩略词) for yongyuan di shen.

YYDS translates as eternal god and describes    3     outstanding person or thing, rather similar to the saying GOAT (greatest of all time) in English.

With the power of the Internet and    4     (they) talent for quick adoption and adaptation, Gen Z (Z 世代) quickly use it in daily conversation to praise their idols or    5     (simple) describe something they are fond of. They use YYDS on their chat tools and social media    6     (platform) like WeChat and Weibo. You can even see people commenting YYDS on Bilibili’s bullet screen--a commentary system unique    7     the Bilibili ecosystem,     8     viewers leave so-called bullet comments, or danmu, that scroll across on-screen content. Similar to YYDS, juejuezi or brilliant (with a capital B), too,     9     (use) to express admiration. Nevertheless, this buzzword(流行词) comes with an edge as it may bear some negative meanings,     10     (indicate) someone or something is exceedingly terrible, depending on the context.

Both YYDS and juejuezi were listed in the 2021 top 10 popular Chinese cyber slang phrases on December 6, 2021.

8 . 语法填空

Thanks to the efforts made by former world martial art(武术)champion Chen Sitan and his wife Lin Xu, the ancient Chinese martial art tai chi has     1     (increasing)become a form of life for many New Yorkers.

Chen started learning martial art     2     the age of six. By the time he retied from his athletic career, he     3     (win)32 gold medals in Chinese and international competitions. Having coached athletes in sports team for years,     4     Chens went to the US in 2003 with the hope     5     they could bring Chinese culture for more people around the world through tai chi.

The couple started teaching children tai chi in school and later     6     (found)Sitan Tai Chi and Martial Arts. The school’s class schedule now includes various     7     (form)of tai chi, health qigong, and different levels of martial arts.

Lin said people from different age groups come to     8     (she)classes for different purposes. “Young kids want to improve     9     (fit)and learn Chinese culture, adults take chances to relieve stress     10     (bring)by work, and retired people practice it to prevent health problems,” she said.

9 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Famous for carrying his tennis rackets in a bamboo basket, Wang Fa, a 14-year-old dark horse,     1     won the U14 boys’ singles title in the Guangzhou stop of the 2022 ASICS Tennis Junior Tour, has become     2     internet sensation.

Wang, a Chinese Wa ethnic (佤族) boy, started to learn tennis after he was selected by Zhang Xiaohong, head coach of a tennis club in southwest China’s Yunnan Province in 2016. Over the years, Wang and his peers     3     (put) tremendous efforts into advancing their skills and acquiring knowledge. “     4     it were not for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farm work back at home,” Wang said. “We always carry the bamboo basket when we work in the field. We all regard     5     as a symbolic farming tool of the Wa ethnic group. I carry my rackets in the basket     6     (primary) to honor my hometown,” he added.

Home for Wang is a mountainous area named Cangyuan Wa Autonomous County.     7     (locate) in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, the county, composed     8     67 villages with a population of more than 40,000, was lifted out of     9     (poor) in 2019. For Wang,     10     (win) this title is just the beginning of a promising future. The rising star said he would head to the top spots in the professional arena.

10 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

On Friday, Eileen Gu, the 18-year-old freestyle skier, simply turned the halfpipe (U型池) course into her own     1     (person) playground in the final round of competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics.

She warmed up with a 93.25 on her first pass before going even     2     (high) and bigger 10 score a 95.25 on her second pass. She had such a big lead after two runs     3     she was able to stage a carefree celebratory run down the halfpipe. This was the sort of run Gu dreamed     4     : a playful picture-perfect run to draw a successful end to     5     contest.

“She’s really pushing the sport to a new level.” said British freestyler Zoe Atkin, who finished     6     (nine). “It’s really great to see and it’s so inspiring. It makes me     7     (want) to be a better skier. I think she’s     8     (amaze)for the sport.”

There’s been plenty of pressure and lots of attention on Gu and her Olympic     9     (perform). But it didn’t seem to bother her. Nothing has. She just went about her business of winning medals     10     enjoying the sport.